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Deccan Chargers and Bangalore Royal Challengers are gearing to play the 3rd place for IPL 2010 and a chance to win a spot in the Champions League T20 tournament. There is lot at stake for both teams as they have been wounded in their semi-final encounter.

Bangalore Royal Challengers will definitely be dejected losing the IPL semi-final to Mumbai Indians by more than 30 runs and would want to gain some pride by winning the 3rd place and a spot in the Champions League T20 tournament in 2010.

Deccan Chargers on the other hand have would want to win the 3rd place to considering that they were champions last year. Expect Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds and Gilchrist to go out with a bang.

Bangalore Royal Challengers are the clear favorites, however, they have faced heartbreak last time around and Deccan Chargers will not make it easy for them. Only time will tell who will be the winner, and of course this is 20-20, the team which plays well on the given day will win on the day, so it is anyone’s game.

The match will be broadcast live on YouTube in association with the stream IPL is providing, however, the stream is definitely not the best on YouTube and is not available in the United States. Check out how you want to watch IPL in the US. In the meantime don’t forget to watch the match between Bangalore Royal Challengers and Deccan Chargers live on YouTube at http://youtube.com/ipl

So who according to you will win between the Bangalore Royal Challengers and Deccan Chargers?

Chennai Super Kings and Deccan Chargers both made the semi-final lineup of IPL 3 in their last match, with Dhoni sealing the Super Kings position with a huge six and Deccan giving Delhi Daredevils a heartbreak.

Deccan Chargers also have an added advantage of having won 5 matches on the trot, however, don’t underestimate the batting power of the Chennai Super Kings, and with Hayden having a lull time through most of the IPL, he might just come out firing on all cylinders and take the game away from the Deccan Chargers.

On the other hand, even Gilchrist has had a lull period so you can definitely expect him to fire too. The match will definitely be a thriller with several batsmen of both the teams in form, it will be the best bowling team which will decide the winner.

Chennai Super Kings are the favorites, however, only time will tell who will be the winner, and of course this is 20-20, the team which plays well on the given day will win on the day, so it is anyone’s game.

The match will be broadcast live on YouTube in association with the stream IPL is providing, however, the stream is definitely not the best on YouTube and is not available in the United States. Check out how you want to watch IPL in the US. In the meantime don’t forget to watch the match between Chennai Super Kings and Deccan Chargers live on YouTube at http://youtube.com/ipl

So who according to you will win between the Chennai Super Kings and Deccan Chargers?

Mumbai Indians and Bangalore Royal Challengers are gearing to play the first semi-final of IPL 3 2010. This will definitely be a cracker of a match and you can expect a lot of fireworks with both the bat and the ball.

Bangalore Royal Challengers will definitely be dejected because of the moving of the IPL semi-final from their home ground to Mumbai. However, home advantage aside, they have also lost the last match to Mumbai Indians, which will play around on their mind.

Though Mumbai Indians lost the last match, they were without the key players, however, they will definitely play a full strength team in the semi-final, so expect some really good batting from Sachin Tendulkar and company.

Though Mumbai are the clear favorites, only time will tell who will be the winner, and of course this is 20-20, the team which plays well on the given day will win on the day, so it is anyone’s game.

The match will be broadcast live on YouTube in association with the stream IPL is providing, however, the stream is definitely not the best on YouTube and is not available in the United States. Check out how you want to watch IPL in the US. In the meantime don’t forget to watch the match between Mumbai Indians and Bangalore Royal Challengers live on YouTube at http://youtube.com/ipl

So who according to you will win between the Bangalore Royal Challengers and Mumbai Indians?

Indian Cricket Team Captain MS Dhoni will no longer be seen endorsing Aircel’s latest social networking handset INQ. Aircel is now running a new INQ advertisement which does not feature MS Dhoni .

Aircel was forced to take this step by Maxx Mobile Communications as Maxx had signed MS Dhoni for its advertisement. Mumbai-based company Maxx Mobile Communications, which owns Maxx Mobile brand, immediately took note of the INQ ads and asked telecom service provider Aircel to pull the commercial off air.

According to Mr K Rasool, head, marketing, Maxx mobile,

We have communicated our stand to Mindscapes Maestros, the agency that manages Dhoni, asking them to discontinue the advertisement which has Dhoni endorsing INQ handset as it breaches category exclusivity in the handsets space

In response to the action taken by Maxx Mobiles, an Aircel spokesperson said,

MS Dhoni is our brand ambassador for Aircel. Therefore, he endorses all products and services for Aircel. However, when we were informed by MS Dhoni’s agent that he is endorsing Maxx for IPL, keeping the sensitivity and his honour in mind, we withdrew him from this particular advertisement

The IPL frenzy is heading to the closing stages and looking at the points table it is difficult to judge which 4 teams will make it to the Semi-finals or finals. However, if you want to final matches irrespective of which team makes it to the semis and finals you can start booking the tickets online.

Ticket Genie has the IPL 2010 finals, semi-finals and 3rd place tickets put up for sale online. The IPL 2010 3rd place and IPL 2010 final match will be played at DY Patil Stadium – Navi Mumbai on April 24th and 25th respectively, whereas the Semi-finals will be played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on April 21st and 22nd respectively.

The tickets prices for the Final and 3rd place are affordable and range between Rs. 400 and Rs. 5000, whereas the cheapest ticket for the semi-finals is Rs 500 going up-to Rs 15,000. The tickets can be purchased by visiting iplt20.com and clicking on the tickets link or directly visiting this Ticket Genie link.

Make sure to click the By Date tab and select the dates for the semi-final, final or 3rd place to view the options to purchase the tickets.

Some of them are touting this as the catch of the IPL, however, it could possibly be much more than that. The catch taken by David Hussey to dismiss Paul Collingwood was superb at its best.

The ball first went beyond the boundary and was brought back into play by Hussey, after which he jumped back in to take a single handed catch, definitely one of the best pieces of fielding I have seen in a long time. Unfortunately for Kolkata the catch could not save the match and they lost with a huge margin.

Enjoy watching the David Hussey catch to dismiss Paul Collingwood from the KKR vs Delhi match in IPL 3 below through the YouTube video.

Meenal J. Balar, a manager at Facebook for International growth, recently wrote a blog post on the Facebook blog promoting the sport (cricket) people are crazy about in India and several other parts of the world.

Though Cricket is not as popular as Football (soccer), it definitely has a lot of fan following, and it being promoted on a social network which has more than 400 million users definitely shows where Facebook is heading in the future after it has almost become the number 1 site in US.

Though Meenal did promote several external sites, the main focus was on how users can use Facebook Connect to easily access the site by using their Facebook account.

India is no newcomer to the social networking scene and there are people who use a mix of Facebook, Twitter and Orkut to keep in touch with friends, but using a sport which is almost touted to be a religion in India is a good move by Facebook to connect with people and grow their user base in India and even around the Indian sub-continent.

Rajasthan Royals who narrowly lost their first match to Mumbai Indians take on Delhi Daredevils who had to work hard for their first win against Kings XL Punjab.

Rajasthan Royals have a great team and with Yousuf Pathan in full form, it would be better for the other team members to pitch in and be counted. Don’t count out Delhi too with new captain Gautam Gambhir playing a sedate innings in the first match and the ever so dangerous and spectacular Sehwag in the team.

The match will definitely be a run feast considering that both teams are full of capable batsmen, so a 200+ score is definitely on the table.

The match will be broadcast live on YouTube in association with the stream IPL is providing, however, the stream is definitely not the best on YouTube and is not available in the United States. Check out how you want to watch IPL in the US.

In the meantime don’t forget to watch the match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals live on YouTube at http://youtube.com/ipl

IPL 2010 is underway, but do you know when your favorite teams will be playing the matches? Right now there are 8 teams who will be competing for the IPL 2010 glory over 6 weeks or 44 days and 60 nerve racking matches.

The 8 teams who will compete this season are the same from the past 2 seasons, new teams may be introduced next year or in 2012. The teams who will be vying for the IPL 2010 crown are IPL 2009 champions Deccan Chargers, IPL 2008 champions Rajasthan Royals, IPL 2009 runners-up Bangalore Royal Challengers, 2008 runners-up Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils, Kings XL Punjab and last years bottom team Kolkata Knight Riders.

IPL 2010 just kicked off and there will be matches played everyday between March 12th and April 25th. However, it is not always possible to watch the IPL Live online, but you can always catch up with the highlights of the matches later on.

If you are looking to watch the IPL 2010 match highlights you can head over to the official site IPL T20 where they will be adding videos of the IPL 2010 matches, presentation and more. You can also watch the match highlights at other unofficial sites.

Cricket Online adds match highlights of all the IPL 2010 matches to their site, you can watch it by visiting this link. Cric Fire also adds videos of the IPL 2010 highlights which you can watch here. If you are unable to watch using the above links you can always visit Cric Fever, which you can visit by clicking this link.

If you use any other resources to watch the IPL 2010 highlights online, feel free to share the links in the comments.